(235 ILCS 5/Art. VIIA heading)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 157a) Sec. 7A-1. For the purposes of this Article: "Warehouse" means any room, house, structure, building, place, yard or protected enclosure wherein personal property belonging to another is stored for a compensation. "Warehouseman" means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation owning, controlling, operating, managing or leasing any warehouse within this State. "For compensation" means any direct or indirect charge for storage. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-2) (from Ch. 43, par. 157b) Sec. 7A-2. On and after August 1, 1937, it shall be unlawful for any warehouseman to receive, hold, store or deliver any alcoholic liquors without a certificate of registration from the Department. Application for a certificate of registration shall be made to the Department and shall state: (1) The name of the applicant; (2) the address of his warehouse (if he operates more than one such warehouse, he shall state the address of each such warehouse). Upon the receipt of the application in proper form, the Department shall issue to such applicant a certificate of registration bearing a distinctive number which he shall conspicuously display on the premises for which it is issued. The applications shall be made on forms prepared and furnished by the Department and shall contain such other information as the Department may reasonably require to carry out the provisions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-3) (from Ch. 43, par. 157c) Sec. 7A-3. It shall be unlawful for any person to store any alcoholic liquors with or deliver any alcoholic liquors to any warehouseman who has not received a certificate of registration from the Department. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-4) (from Ch. 43, par. 157d) Sec. 7A-4. On or before the fifteenth day of each calendar month, every warehouseman holding a certificate of registration under this Article shall file a return with the Department covering the preceding calendar month stating: 1. The name of the warehouseman and the number of his certificate of registration; 2. The address of the warehouse; 3. The name and address of each person from whom any alcoholic liquors were actually or constructively received by him as a warehouseman, the date on which same were so received, the number and size of the containers in which any alcoholic liquors were so received, and the number and size of the containers to the credit of each such person at the end of the preceding calendar month; and 4. The name and address of each person to whom any alcoholic liquors were actually or constructively delivered by him as a warehouseman, the date on which same were so delivered, the number and size of the containers in which any alcoholic liquors were so delivered and from whom any alcoholic liquors so delivered were actually or constructively received. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-5) (from Ch. 43, par. 157e) Sec. 7A-5. Each warehouseman included in this Article shall keep or cause to be kept, at his registered address, a record showing all alcoholic liquors actually or constructively received by him as a warehouseman, held, stored or actually or constructively delivered by him as a warehouseman, the name and address of the person depositing same, the name and address of the person to whom delivered and any other information necessary to the proper conduct of such warehouse. Such records shall, at all times during business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the Department or its duly authorized agents and employees. Such records shall be preserved for a period of two (2) years, unless the Department, in writing, authorizes their destruction or disposal at an earlier date. Such records, reflecting business done at any time after July 1, 1945, shall be preserved for a period of three (3) years, unless the Department, in writing, authorizes their destruction or disposal at an earlier date. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

(235 ILCS 5/7A-6) (from Ch. 43, par. 157f) Sec. 7A-6. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Article or any of the rules and regulations of the Department for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Article is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. In case of a continuing violation each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense. (Source: P.A. 82-783.)